Katie Taylor in training camp ahead of European Championships
02 Oct 2007
Katie Taylor in training camp ahead of European Championships
Reigning World and European lightweight champion Katie Taylor is firing on all cylinders at her training camp in Oslo Norway ahead of the European Championships in Denmark later this month.
Twenty one year old Taylor, from the St Fergal's club in Bray, will be targeting her third European title on the trot in Vejle Denmark between October 14th and 21st.
Taylor was in training camp in Norway before she won her second European title in a row last September after stopping the then World Champion, Tationa Chalay from Russia, on the 15 point rule in the 60Kg final in Warsaw Poland.
That victory arrived less than two months before Taylor claimed the World Lightweight title in New Delhi India.
According to her dad and coach Peter Taylor, the Norwegian training camp is ideal, and everything is going according to plan in the Land of the Midnight Sun.
He said: "We had a training camp here last year before the European Championships and we decided to use this venue again this year as there are excellent facilities here at the Olympic Centre.
"Katie had some excellent sparring sessions against Norwegians and Polish girls yesterday and we will have further sparring sessions against Dutch opponents tomorrow.
"We return home next Saturday before travelling to Denmark.Everything is going according to plan and we are looking forward to the European Championships."
Taylor received a boost this month with the news that she is ranked number one in the World and Europe for the eight month running on the ABA rankings just released for September.
She is also ranked number one in the World and Europe in the pound-for-pound sections.